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johnson -- lyndon johnson was a very insecure man. no matter how great his triumphs, he was insecure. lyndon johnson resented the fact that he didn't get just awesome praise every day from the civil rights leaders for what he had accomplished. he resented it. lyndon johnson didn't like the fact that king was carrying on demonstrations at very inconvenient times for the administration. he envied king. he envied the love that king got from the public. just as he envied the martyred john f. kennedy and later his martyred brother, robert kennedy. and yet johnson managed to get past all of his hangups to get the job done together with king. and then tragedy struck bigtime. five days after the voting rights act was signed by the president with king at his side, the largest riot in american history broke out in the watts section of los angeles, california. both johnson and king were surprised. and were slow to respond initially. johnson just -- people tried to call him telling him that we needed to send airplanes out to help the california g
johnson -- lyndon johnson was a very insecure man. no matter how great his triumphs, he was insecure. lyndon johnson resented the fact that he didn't get just awesome praise every day from the civil rights leaders for what he had accomplished. he resented it. lyndon johnson didn't like the fact that king was carrying on demonstrations at very inconvenient times for the administration. he envied king. he envied the love that king got from the public. just as he envied the martyred john f....
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lyndon johnson wass connally, once the sweetheart johnson's car is in that motorcade. thousands of books have been written about the assassination but they concentrate on what happens to jack kennedy. not one went into detail in what i consider an adequate way, not one of them went into substantial detail about what was happening to lyndon johnson. what was happening from his point of view. assassination had never been told from johnson's point of view. i said we have to do that. how do you do that? first, you interviewed the people who are still alive. john connolly himself was very helpful to me. he had a great ranch in south texas with a stable of quarter horses, used to come to the guest house where i would stay very early in the morning, 5:30 or 6:00 and we would go and sit on the top railing of the fence watching the mexicans exercise the quarter horses and he would tell me about -- he answered almost every question that i asked about anything in johnson's career but took me through the assassination in great detail. among the things he said was everybody thought
lyndon johnson wass connally, once the sweetheart johnson's car is in that motorcade. thousands of books have been written about the assassination but they concentrate on what happens to jack kennedy. not one went into detail in what i consider an adequate way, not one of them went into substantial detail about what was happening to lyndon johnson. what was happening from his point of view. assassination had never been told from johnson's point of view. i said we have to do that. how do you do...
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now lyndon johnson famously was that when medicare passed in 1965 and the normal story that johnson himself tells in his autobiography goes like this. representative wilbur mills was fighting, resisting medicare. he stopped he single-handedly and as chair of the ways and means committee could do that. after the 1964 election, and insight for the democrats, he stated that the last day of the markup of the bill. there's three bills before the committee. administration proposal which covered hospital care. the ama proposal, which discover doctors care that another proposal, which suggested let's not cover all people over 65. vicious cover poor people. the great antagonist of medicare sits back and says let's pass all three. the johnson administration officials in the room at the time panic. what is her girdle set to? by the way come he says can you rewrite the bill of habit on my desk but at a tomorrow morning? they asked for an extension, could we have until 5:00 p.m.? no. they go running to johnson in dublin had up to what he said too. in cities is i'll go call my brother. what are you talki
now lyndon johnson famously was that when medicare passed in 1965 and the normal story that johnson himself tells in his autobiography goes like this. representative wilbur mills was fighting, resisting medicare. he stopped he single-handedly and as chair of the ways and means committee could do that. after the 1964 election, and insight for the democrats, he stated that the last day of the markup of the bill. there's three bills before the committee. administration proposal which covered...
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johnson got it, george w. bush got it, she was very, very shrewd about cramming things through, and we believe the barack obama got it partially because she dragged the research. we have reason to believe that he would be advisers read this book and they got the move quickly so imagine there was a feeling in the administration to put health care off until things settle down a little bit. the point man for health care had a tax problem. he was suddenly no one great part of the administration team and a lot of people said its february of the first year let's put this off. some of the people in the room put it off and it never passed. now imagine if they had put it off to the point where bill clinton actually put health care on the congressional hopper that would be the first month of the second year january of 2010 what happens in january of 2010? scott brown wins the special election and health care would never have passed. lesson number one, move fast. there's lots of other lessons. one of our favorites is lea
johnson got it, george w. bush got it, she was very, very shrewd about cramming things through, and we believe the barack obama got it partially because she dragged the research. we have reason to believe that he would be advisers read this book and they got the move quickly so imagine there was a feeling in the administration to put health care off until things settle down a little bit. the point man for health care had a tax problem. he was suddenly no one great part of the administration...
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at one point wilbur mills is walking on the floor of johnson, johnson hears wilbur's voice, and he says, who's that, is that wilbur? put wilbur on. and complete breach of protocol, they put wilbur on the phone, and johnson goes, i hope you're down there trying to get that mills bill through. that's what he was calling medicare. what's remarkable is this bill passes in march of 1965, and not til 2008 do we discover that lyndon johnson was in on the secret. he managed to give all the credit to wilbur mills, and though wilbur sometimes said, he sometimes admitted to interviewers without lyndon this would have never passed, nevertheless, johnson was in on it from the very start, and here's the lesson. he gave mills all the credit. he didn't need the credit. he helped negotiate this extraordinary bill. medicare is now three times the size it would have been. we now call medicare part a the original bill, medicare part b was what physician services are under, and medicaid -- that was the third part -- we've got all of those because lyndon johnson made this deal with wilbur mills and then gave
at one point wilbur mills is walking on the floor of johnson, johnson hears wilbur's voice, and he says, who's that, is that wilbur? put wilbur on. and complete breach of protocol, they put wilbur on the phone, and johnson goes, i hope you're down there trying to get that mills bill through. that's what he was calling medicare. what's remarkable is this bill passes in march of 1965, and not til 2008 do we discover that lyndon johnson was in on the secret. he managed to give all the credit to...
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critical of president johnson through king. in other words, this was hoover's job was basically to ingratiate himself with johnson to punish bobby kennedy, whom she didn't like and to punish king whenever he could. c-span: by the way, did you listen to the johnson takes? >> guest: yes. that's a whole -- c-span: so you could hear all of those? >> guest: you can hear those. the john thune defeat could johnson tapes were wonderful. they corroborate a lot of what's in a declassified meetings on vietnam and in some of the files, but there's no substitute for actually hearing the tapes. and i quote from a number of them here. c-span: what is the trilogy? >> guest: the trilogy? c-span: money, loyalty, sex. >> guest: money, loyalty -- that became the short hand once bobby -- once dr. king became aware as i said, juneau, a lot of times they thought the thing store being done to them, a hostile things that were being done to them by the police were being done by segregation molest police force, but once they became aware that is the fbi,
critical of president johnson through king. in other words, this was hoover's job was basically to ingratiate himself with johnson to punish bobby kennedy, whom she didn't like and to punish king whenever he could. c-span: by the way, did you listen to the johnson takes? >> guest: yes. that's a whole -- c-span: so you could hear all of those? >> guest: you can hear those. the john thune defeat could johnson tapes were wonderful. they corroborate a lot of what's in a declassified...
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jefferson, truman, johnson and bush were the four. also, for failed because of economic crisis for failure to act to deter such a crisis. these were jefferson, cleveland, coolidge, franklin roosevelt from the 37 downturn, and george bush. at failed due to their inability to lead congress were jefferson, monroe, grants, wilson, truman, johnson, nixon and bush. to failed due to hubris, franklin roosevelt, and richard nixon are the four who did not effectively communicate their agendas or initiatives were jefferson, monroe, grant in cleveland. obviously, the dominant source of failure for second term presidents has been their inability to successfully work with congress. fully at second term presidents have faced trouble or failed second terms due to record to the fight between congress and the white house. having a congressional majority of their own party is no assurance of relief. those presidents who served with congress having a majority of the opposing party during their second term included wilson, eisenhower, nixon, reagan and cl
jefferson, truman, johnson and bush were the four. also, for failed because of economic crisis for failure to act to deter such a crisis. these were jefferson, cleveland, coolidge, franklin roosevelt from the 37 downturn, and george bush. at failed due to their inability to lead congress were jefferson, monroe, grants, wilson, truman, johnson, nixon and bush. to failed due to hubris, franklin roosevelt, and richard nixon are the four who did not effectively communicate their agendas or...
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jefferson, truman, johnson and bush were the foyer. also for a failed because of the economic crisis for failure to act and deter such a crises. these are jefferson, cleveland, coolidge, franklin roosevelt's and george bush. it failed due to their inability to lead congress for jefferson, monroe, grant, well some, truman, johnson, nixon and bush. franklin roosevelt and richard nixon. for he did not affect the philly communicate their agendas or initiatives for jefferson, monroe, grant in cleveland. obviously failure for second term president has been their inability to successfully work with congress. only 82nd term presidents have failed second terms to directly to the fight between congress and the white house. i've been a majority of their own party of relief. those presidents who served in the congress have a majority of the opposing party during his second term included wilson, eisenhower, nixon, reagan and clinton. the competitive battle between the president and congress, over the treaty. after considerable after working with me
jefferson, truman, johnson and bush were the foyer. also for a failed because of the economic crisis for failure to act and deter such a crises. these are jefferson, cleveland, coolidge, franklin roosevelt's and george bush. it failed due to their inability to lead congress for jefferson, monroe, grant, well some, truman, johnson, nixon and bush. franklin roosevelt and richard nixon. for he did not affect the philly communicate their agendas or initiatives for jefferson, monroe, grant in...
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pressing the flesh was a johnson is on. lady byrd johnson comes up with motorcade. it's picked up by time magazine. there was no example of that in writing before. richard nixon had some nice ones. expletive deleted is really his. when they go over the watergate trial, it became its own sort of curse word. another one was really interesting at the time. talking about winding down the war. george h. w. bush had his own words. the cheap shot was to say that these were all off the wall. the word resume came into the english language in 1531 and one other words of the words it was always attributed to him which was stranded jury, was actually a creation of saturday night live. [laughter] with the one you can really hang in business under estimate. there have been several pretty well-known people about language online. many top riders have said it is under estimate by mistake, what happens to all of us. so it may not be words like normalcy which will gradually become a more acceptable thing. the king of them all has to be -- even though jefferson wins on volume -- it has
pressing the flesh was a johnson is on. lady byrd johnson comes up with motorcade. it's picked up by time magazine. there was no example of that in writing before. richard nixon had some nice ones. expletive deleted is really his. when they go over the watergate trial, it became its own sort of curse word. another one was really interesting at the time. talking about winding down the war. george h. w. bush had his own words. the cheap shot was to say that these were all off the wall. the word...
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but lyndon johnson i'm sure he picked this up from -- but pressing the flesh was johnson-ism. i will be down there in a flash and lady bird gets credit for motorcade. didn't exist before she comes up with motorcade and it's picked up by "time" magazine. there is no elise written example that has been used before. richard nixon has some nice ones. depending on your point of view. the silent majority is his and excellent ability is a coinage that either he or his speechwriters when they're going over the records of the watergate they use that term. if something is censored or bleeped its deleted which became its own curse word. another one which was really interesting is when he started talking about winding down the war. and winding down seemed to be sort of a winding up. it created some real response at that time. george herbert walker bush came up with new world order which was his. he got that from somewhere else that made it his own and popularized it. george bush came under a lot of criticism for a lot of his terms and i took them all at face value. i look them up. the che
but lyndon johnson i'm sure he picked this up from -- but pressing the flesh was johnson-ism. i will be down there in a flash and lady bird gets credit for motorcade. didn't exist before she comes up with motorcade and it's picked up by "time" magazine. there is no elise written example that has been used before. richard nixon has some nice ones. depending on your point of view. the silent majority is his and excellent ability is a coinage that either he or his speechwriters when...
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had some nice ones, but lyndon johnson picked up a couple -- lyndon johnson, again, i'm using every authority i can find, but i'm sure he picked this up. pressing the flesh was a johnsonism. i'll be down there pressing the flesh. and ladybird gets credit for motorcade. that doesn't exist before she comes up with motorcade, and it's picked up by "time" magazine. there's no at least written example of that being used before that. um, richard nixon has some nice ones. he -- depending on your point of view -- but silent majority is his, deleted a coinage of his speech writers when they're going over the records of the watergate, their use of term instead of saying censored they used the term expletive deleted which became its own sort of curse word. another one which was very interesting at the time, created quite a stir was when he talked about, started talking about winding down the war and winding down seemed to be sort of -- you know, we're winding up, it was few to american ears and created -- it was new to american ears and created some real response at that time. george h -- yeah
had some nice ones, but lyndon johnson picked up a couple -- lyndon johnson, again, i'm using every authority i can find, but i'm sure he picked this up. pressing the flesh was a johnsonism. i'll be down there pressing the flesh. and ladybird gets credit for motorcade. that doesn't exist before she comes up with motorcade, and it's picked up by "time" magazine. there's no at least written example of that being used before that. um, richard nixon has some nice ones. he -- depending on...
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and they learned that and then johnson -- and kennedy was assassinated and johnson was a procivil rights president because of the civil rights movement. what they proposed as legislation in the civil rights act of '64 and '65. >> at what point did you become aware of the civil rights commission? >> i became aware of them when i was in a graduate program at university. someone came to me, i forget who, and asked me if i would work on a project they had. they used to hire consult assistants. >> is it the '60s? '0*eu7 z? >> yes. i used their report because of the reports they did. they were very good reports and some of the historical research that i did. so i was very much aware of them. finally, they -- by the time that roe v. wade was decided if i would write something as a history abortion rights for them. and how that plays out and what the history back to england and so on. and i did a report for them. >> what is your history? where are you from. >> nashville, tennessee. i group in nashville and my family and relatives are all still there. i went to pearl high school, and i went to ho
and they learned that and then johnson -- and kennedy was assassinated and johnson was a procivil rights president because of the civil rights movement. what they proposed as legislation in the civil rights act of '64 and '65. >> at what point did you become aware of the civil rights commission? >> i became aware of them when i was in a graduate program at university. someone came to me, i forget who, and asked me if i would work on a project they had. they used to hire consult...
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richard burr is used to refer as johnson county has cupcake land. go ahead. >> i read a lot of your humorous books, but my favorite book you have written is about alice and i was just wondering what your favorite book that you have written it is. >> well, i guess that would be one of them. as he heard an introduction,, i've written a lot of different kinds of books, so it's sort of apples and oranges in comparison i think he said it is diverse or versatile. the other way of looking at is i never quite got my act together. this certainly -- yeah, one of them. thank you. yes. >> i was wondering if your mom takes all the pies for the restaurant? >> mrs. trillin spy were naturally based by a black woman named thelma. i have often talked about my mother's cooking. for 30 years she served her family nothing but leftovers. [laughter] i was out of college before he started to wonder, left over from what i've put the original meal has never been found. so they were lucky that she didn't date the pies. >> and your favorite leftovers? >> actually, we always ha
richard burr is used to refer as johnson county has cupcake land. go ahead. >> i read a lot of your humorous books, but my favorite book you have written is about alice and i was just wondering what your favorite book that you have written it is. >> well, i guess that would be one of them. as he heard an introduction,, i've written a lot of different kinds of books, so it's sort of apples and oranges in comparison i think he said it is diverse or versatile. the other way of looking...
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they concluded it was after johnson had seen at that it would not make a great deal of difference. >> unit is states position would not be adversely affected and that was an important point* son was fresh and it was interesting memo. we could probably take one more question. >> and a word of advice to the new cia director? [laughter] >> guest: i always have an opinion. he should learn to be quiet. sending the planes back to the pentagon if you remember after a summit in nodding capture he can add a the warehouse to gave a long spiel i am hoping he can be more circumspect but he knows the agency well but i hope my a personal opinion is seasons the drone's back in the agency goes back to true intelligence. this is what dick believed so completely with human intelligence you can fly to see how many planes but he cannot tell you what is in the leaders brain or mind and you need human intelligence for that's. i think they should go back they say there is the intelligence failure in the viet that is what they need. >> host: thank you for coming. >> his new book, america's great debate, step
they concluded it was after johnson had seen at that it would not make a great deal of difference. >> unit is states position would not be adversely affected and that was an important point* son was fresh and it was interesting memo. we could probably take one more question. >> and a word of advice to the new cia director? [laughter] >> guest: i always have an opinion. he should learn to be quiet. sending the planes back to the pentagon if you remember after a summit in...
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then you have lyndon johnson. he was probably the most effective legislator ever to live in the white house. how did johnson do that? first of all, by manipulating people and twist arms. how did lyndon johnson get civil rights act of '64 passed? he had scotch every single night wed ward and they talked through it all. they basically ended up, you know, republicans voted for it and it happened. i don't think hillary clinton is going drink scotch every night with everybody. i think she would basically try to work with people like lindsay graham assuming he's still in the u.s. senate and basically try to create the kinds of coalition. i think obama thought he had that with boehner and it blew up in his face. hillary clinton would have handled that differently, i think. >> him and susan mac doug l, james carville, yes. >> and what lead to the suicide of vitamin sent foster? >> how much time do we have? [laughter] jim is a period person. he has a lot of psychology abnormalities. and he is very manipulative and, you kno
then you have lyndon johnson. he was probably the most effective legislator ever to live in the white house. how did johnson do that? first of all, by manipulating people and twist arms. how did lyndon johnson get civil rights act of '64 passed? he had scotch every single night wed ward and they talked through it all. they basically ended up, you know, republicans voted for it and it happened. i don't think hillary clinton is going drink scotch every night with everybody. i think she would...
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i will not have the opportunity of some debate could spending hours as i did with president johnson after having been chosen by now i've met some in trepidation as a white house intern for johnson but that was the white house fellowship of the fabulous program that what me to spend a year in washington and in and go and help them throughout the rest of the life. it was an unforgettable experience to have spent those hours with the line of finance to the victor of a thousand conquest and he promptly defeated in the end of dollying in virtual exile on his ranch. during that steep i now realized he opened up to me in ways he never would have had i known him at the height of his power sharing in his memory and his white mayors can read it to be sure i shall never enjoy conversations late at night or before the breaking of dawn, never enjoyed rambling up and down the road talking hours after hours. but in the place of district contact i am enjoying the privilege of immersing myself in the richest body of historical literature on any single subject as responsible so let me end by saying t
i will not have the opportunity of some debate could spending hours as i did with president johnson after having been chosen by now i've met some in trepidation as a white house intern for johnson but that was the white house fellowship of the fabulous program that what me to spend a year in washington and in and go and help them throughout the rest of the life. it was an unforgettable experience to have spent those hours with the line of finance to the victor of a thousand conquest and he...
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johnson, the wife of the president of johnson publishing company. in addition to official meetings, press conferences and speeches before political parties, the africans treated pat and her entourage to a whirlwind of dippers, receptions -- dippers, receptions and presentations. pat took her responsibilities on the trip very seriously. duly noted in the biography that pat snuck away on christmas day to go over her briefing notes to organize her thoughts for the upcoming trip. although the state department and the staff of the west wing prepared remarks for her, she went over them making changes where she felt necessary. if liberia, she pleased her hosts by noting how impressed she was by the considerable development that had occurred since her last visit in 1957. in ghana she traveled out into the hills to pay her respects to 83-year-old chief -- [inaudible] whom she had met during a vice presidential visit. he told her that she had forged a friendship between the american and ghanaian people that, quote, not even a lion could break. end quote. befo
johnson, the wife of the president of johnson publishing company. in addition to official meetings, press conferences and speeches before political parties, the africans treated pat and her entourage to a whirlwind of dippers, receptions -- dippers, receptions and presentations. pat took her responsibilities on the trip very seriously. duly noted in the biography that pat snuck away on christmas day to go over her briefing notes to organize her thoughts for the upcoming trip. although the state...
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louis johnson was a representative that the president sent to india to try to negotiate a deal with the aind yangs -- indians so that they would defend their country against the japanese in exchange for independence. and hopkins cut him off at the knees one night in a conversation with churchill. so i saw, you know, the kind of razor-sharp elbows that he had, and i got interested in him from that one. >> all right. let's take one b last question here. >> yeah. >> definitely a japanese attack of pearl harbor hadn't triggered the u.s. industry into the world war, my question's hypothetical, i guess. how do you think the relationship between roosevelt and hopkins, churchill and britain would have developed? was there any memoranda or diaries that indicated? because it was a pretty hard sell to get the u.s -- >> and roosevelt was us from i traitingly -- frustratingly, he drove everybody crazy because, you know, without the pearl harbor attack he was moving back, he would move a step forward toward belligerency with the germans, and then he would move back. he would never get ahead of americ
louis johnson was a representative that the president sent to india to try to negotiate a deal with the aind yangs -- indians so that they would defend their country against the japanese in exchange for independence. and hopkins cut him off at the knees one night in a conversation with churchill. so i saw, you know, the kind of razor-sharp elbows that he had, and i got interested in him from that one. >> all right. let's take one b last question here. >> yeah. >> definitely a...
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during the time that lyndon johnson was majority leader for six years, he faced one filibuster. one. harry reid during his six year years -- at the time i made this chart a week or so ago, it was 387. now it's in the 390's. probably going -- well, in two days, i guess we wouldn't have anymore filibusters so we may not break 400. but what a contrast between one when lyndon johnson was majority leader and basically 400 in the six years that harry reid has been majority leader. that's an enormous change. and in addition, normally the objection to a majority vote was done on the final vote on a bill but starting about 1970, folks realized that any debatable motion, the same paralysis could be brought. you could object to a simple majority vote on any debatable motion. so i'm going to lay out how this has changed over the last 40 years in different categories. now, one is in nominations. mr. merkley: so here we see that before about 1968, there were virtually no filibusters on nominations. in fact, the rule was changed i believe it was 1949. there was a -- a question raised over whet
during the time that lyndon johnson was majority leader for six years, he faced one filibuster. one. harry reid during his six year years -- at the time i made this chart a week or so ago, it was 387. now it's in the 390's. probably going -- well, in two days, i guess we wouldn't have anymore filibusters so we may not break 400. but what a contrast between one when lyndon johnson was majority leader and basically 400 in the six years that harry reid has been majority leader. that's an enormous...
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robert caro latest volume in his ongoing biography of lyndon johnson. andrew solomon, far from the tree. it was only recently published. a 900 page compendium looking at different child rearing examples of special needs children. those three books alone loan are meaty substantial and but those are tip of iceberg. >> host: bob, same question. >> guest: sticking a little bit with what sara said it was a big year for dead presidents. she mentioned robert caro, fourth probably will be five volumes on lyndon johnson which is incredible act of both reporting and writing about a seminal figure in 20th century american history. but we also, doris kerns goodwin's book, team of rivals, which was published in 2005 is back on the best-seller list, thanks to steven spielberg's movie, lincoln. in our list it was up to 20 or so, remarkable for a serious book that has been out so long. john meacham's new biography of thomas jefferson. when you think there is not more to be said about thomas jefferson, one comes along, writes popular, readable, somewhat controversial bo
robert caro latest volume in his ongoing biography of lyndon johnson. andrew solomon, far from the tree. it was only recently published. a 900 page compendium looking at different child rearing examples of special needs children. those three books alone loan are meaty substantial and but those are tip of iceberg. >> host: bob, same question. >> guest: sticking a little bit with what sara said it was a big year for dead presidents. she mentioned robert caro, fourth probably will be...
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and a tuesday luncheon one day he stayed behind and handed it to president johnson and president johnson read it. he didn't show it to bob mcnamara and bob mcnamara called from the library and it has been declassified. he was screaming from the other room why didn't i see this memo? they concluded that it was the six so he didn't see it. and it would not have made a difference if he had seen it. >> the memo concluded the united states position in the world would not be affected if it lost the war. that was a very important point. there were other things in the memo that were not quite right. it was an interesting memo. was really written before they could know what was going on. we could take one more question. >> any advice for the new cia director? >> i do have. i always have an opinion. he should learn to be quiet. if you remember -- i hope you will send the frame back to the pentagon, if you remember, after the osama bin laden capture, he came out of the white house, you remember that? you were probably third. i hope you will be more circumspect. in every part of the agency, he knows
and a tuesday luncheon one day he stayed behind and handed it to president johnson and president johnson read it. he didn't show it to bob mcnamara and bob mcnamara called from the library and it has been declassified. he was screaming from the other room why didn't i see this memo? they concluded that it was the six so he didn't see it. and it would not have made a difference if he had seen it. >> the memo concluded the united states position in the world would not be affected if it lost...
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to me, the real low point is lyndon johnson. lyndon johnson at one point has the joint chiefs into his office and they basically tried to lay down the law and said mr. president, we don't like the way your prosecuting the war. he curses them out in the most vulgar terms, which i won't use because c-span will get mad, and the chiefs leave. casino says i've never been talk to like that in my life. well, at that point, you put your stars on the table and say, mr. president, you have clearly lost her confidence in me, i am out of here. that's what george bush would have said had fdr spoken like that to him. we know this because once when douglas macarthur told that with roosevelt, roosevelt said douglas, you must not talk to the president like that. so these guys had an understanding back then that we seem to have lost in our senior leaders later on that their job is to speak truth to power. even when it's uncomfortable, especially when it's uncomfortable. >> that's why want to come right back to the iraq war and the current iraq wa
to me, the real low point is lyndon johnson. lyndon johnson at one point has the joint chiefs into his office and they basically tried to lay down the law and said mr. president, we don't like the way your prosecuting the war. he curses them out in the most vulgar terms, which i won't use because c-span will get mad, and the chiefs leave. casino says i've never been talk to like that in my life. well, at that point, you put your stars on the table and say, mr. president, you have clearly lost...
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listen to johnson in this telephone call is to see a genius in human nature because johnson saying of course we can't violate the house precedent. and he says what other ways do we have? [applause] >> is there a nonfiction author or boat you like to see featured on booktv? .. >> now on booktv's jonathan katz a reporter who lived in haiti during the 2010 earthquake when it was destroyed by talks about the failure to rebuild the country even though billions of dollars were pledged and many aid agencies took part in the effort. it's about 45 minutes. >> hello? thank you for the introduction. that was very cool. this is my first book so if i look like i'm really not accustomed to this it's because i'm really not accustomed to it. so the book is called "the big truck that went by" and there is a bit of spoiler in the subtitle, how the world came to save haiti and left behind a disaster. sorry if this is breaking news but that is what i do. i'm going to read to you by little bit about it and talk about it a little bit and i hope that we have a good discussion that this topic usually provoke
listen to johnson in this telephone call is to see a genius in human nature because johnson saying of course we can't violate the house precedent. and he says what other ways do we have? [applause] >> is there a nonfiction author or boat you like to see featured on booktv? .. >> now on booktv's jonathan katz a reporter who lived in haiti during the 2010 earthquake when it was destroyed by talks about the failure to rebuild the country even though billions of dollars were pledged and...
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today, the low point of military discourse as lyndon johnson. lyndon johnson out one point is a joint chiefs in his office they basically laid down a lot and say we don't like the way of prosecuting the war. he curses them out of the most vulgar terms, which i won't use because c-span will get mad and achieve sleeve. since i've never been talked to like that in my life. well fella, at that point picture stars on the table and say say mr. president, you've clearly lost her confidence in me. i am out of here. that's the george marshall would've said had fdr spoken like that to him. we know this because of douglas macarthur pulled this out with roosevelt early in presidency, bristow said he must not talk to the president like that. so these guys had an understanding that then that we seem to have lost in our senior leaders way that their job is to speak truth to power, even when it's uncomfortable, especially when it's uncomfortable. dissent expressed internally is the highest form of loyalty. >> that's where you want to come back to the iraq war,
today, the low point of military discourse as lyndon johnson. lyndon johnson out one point is a joint chiefs in his office they basically laid down a lot and say we don't like the way of prosecuting the war. he curses them out of the most vulgar terms, which i won't use because c-span will get mad and achieve sleeve. since i've never been talked to like that in my life. well fella, at that point picture stars on the table and say say mr. president, you've clearly lost her confidence in me. i am...
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and then when kennedy was assassinated and johnson was uprose civil-rights because of that the civil rights act of '64 and '65, actually enacted into law. >> of a point did you become aware in your life of the civil rights commission? >> i became aware of them when i was in the graduate program university. asked if i work on a project. >> sixty's, 70's. >> yes. i used some of the reports because the reports they did were very good reports. some of the historical research that i did. so i was very much aware of them. finally by the time the commission as to me since i've do legal and constitutional history file would read something of a history of abortion rights for them and how that all played out and what the history had been all the way back to england and so on. i did a report for them. >> what is your history? >> i'm from tennessee. nash fell. my family and their relatives are all still there. i went to a pro high-school. i went to howard university. then i went to the university of michigan. first the history department where i got a ph.d. then i went to law school. in those da
and then when kennedy was assassinated and johnson was uprose civil-rights because of that the civil rights act of '64 and '65, actually enacted into law. >> of a point did you become aware in your life of the civil rights commission? >> i became aware of them when i was in the graduate program university. asked if i work on a project. >> sixty's, 70's. >> yes. i used some of the reports because the reports they did were very good reports. some of the historical research...
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louis johnson was a representative of the president sent to india to try to negotiate a deal with the indians said they would defend their country against the japanese in exchange for independence. and hopkins cut him off at the knee one night in conversation with churchill. so i saw the kind of razor sharp elbows that he had. >> let's take one last question. >> [inaudible question] in question is how do you think the relationship between roosevelt and hopkins and churchill and britain would have developed? was there any memoranda or diaries that would indicate things? >> roosevelt was frustratingly -- he drove everybody crazy. without the pearl harbor attack, he was stepping towards belligerency with the germans and then he would move back. he would never get ahead of american opinion very. you would make a speech about a national emergency and then the next day he would say, well, let's pull back. you know that it drove him nuts. what happened is that would've provoked an incident [inaudible] so he kept thinking that the germans were going to declare war over there. i think a big in
louis johnson was a representative of the president sent to india to try to negotiate a deal with the indians said they would defend their country against the japanese in exchange for independence. and hopkins cut him off at the knee one night in conversation with churchill. so i saw the kind of razor sharp elbows that he had. >> let's take one last question. >> [inaudible question] in question is how do you think the relationship between roosevelt and hopkins and churchill and...
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>> caller: this is tim johnson in palm desert. reyna when we speak of hispanic politics or hispanic culture in general, of course, the elephant in the living room is the age-old social and economic status that characterized his spannic culture with the legions of those at the bottom and a few landing patrons at the top. how do you see this playing out in hispanic politics of our day? >> guest: you know, i think that we're living in a point right now here in the country where people with becoming more aware of the latino presence, and the importance steps that latinos are playing right now, especially in politics, you know, the latino vote very important in getting obama re-elected, and now, you know, the event that the republican party, it seems, that they really do need to change their thinking with latinos, and the issue important to us like immigration. i am very excited about, you know, the way the country is looking at latinos and to realize that, you know, we are an important part of the society. we need to work hard to crea
>> caller: this is tim johnson in palm desert. reyna when we speak of hispanic politics or hispanic culture in general, of course, the elephant in the living room is the age-old social and economic status that characterized his spannic culture with the legions of those at the bottom and a few landing patrons at the top. how do you see this playing out in hispanic politics of our day? >> guest: you know, i think that we're living in a point right now here in the country where people...
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the extraordinary labor activist nellie stone johnson, who'd actually worked with a. philip randolph and had been a political mentor to hubert humphrey and walter mondale. i talked to people who were involved in very dynamic churches there. one of the oldest churches in minnesota, pilgrim baptist, i attended--attended one of the services, talked to the janitor of that church who was a very charming fellow, talked about... c-span: young man. >> guest: young man. he was in his early 20s. talked about growing up in that community. minneapolis had a community called rondo--i'm sorry, st. paul had a community called rondo which was sort of--sort of destroyed by the completion of an interstate and so that in many ways it was a touchstone for a lot of people, talking about what that community represented. i mean, it was never predominantly black because the black population of st. paul and minneapolis was not huge. i mean, it's growing now tremendously, but i mean it sort of represented a central, a physical centralized place, so its destruction, i think, in the early '70s,
the extraordinary labor activist nellie stone johnson, who'd actually worked with a. philip randolph and had been a political mentor to hubert humphrey and walter mondale. i talked to people who were involved in very dynamic churches there. one of the oldest churches in minnesota, pilgrim baptist, i attended--attended one of the services, talked to the janitor of that church who was a very charming fellow, talked about... c-span: young man. >> guest: young man. he was in his early 20s....
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you think about every president elected from 1964 to 2008 comes from a state of the sun belt, lyndon johnson, texas. richmond nixon, california. gerald ford, was not elected. so he doesn't count. he was from michigan. jimmy carter from georgia. ronald reagan from california. the first george bush from texas via connecticut. bill clinton from arkansas and the second bush from texas. so 2008 in some ways watershed election. ends the 40-year period of sun belt dominance. and there were issues that were critical in the politics that developed, that came out of the sun belt. they tended to have a conservative cast to them. tended to be oriented around issues of strong national defense, of an opposition to unions and a defense of free enterprise politics. and also it's in the sun belt in the south and southwest, that we see the rise of what -- by the 1970s we'll be talk about as the religious right. the rise of evangelical involvement in the process. so national defense, he was a staunch anticommunist and played an important role in right wing anticommunist politics in the late 1960s, one of the t
you think about every president elected from 1964 to 2008 comes from a state of the sun belt, lyndon johnson, texas. richmond nixon, california. gerald ford, was not elected. so he doesn't count. he was from michigan. jimmy carter from georgia. ronald reagan from california. the first george bush from texas via connecticut. bill clinton from arkansas and the second bush from texas. so 2008 in some ways watershed election. ends the 40-year period of sun belt dominance. and there were issues that...
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. >> president gutmann, you write that you and your co-author dennis johnson as we observe the changing scene in american politics we came to believe the general problem could be addressed by concentrating on a particular institution the united states congress. why is that? >> well, if you want to see the problem with the uncompromised might set look no further than the congress, the 112 congress in washington. gridlock nothing gets passed. the least legislation in the last 50 years, and why? because everybody is campaigning all the time. there is very little relationship across the aisle, and we went out to the brink of the debt ceiling crisis before compromise was reached which was routine in the past. so we thought that by focusing on congress whose popularity is at an all-time low, john mccain said you can account for the 9% popularity of congress during the debt ceiling crisis by blood relatives and paid staffers. we felt by focusing on congress we could both diagnosed the problem and give some prescriptions for how to overcome it. >> which of those prescriptions? >> one of those p
. >> president gutmann, you write that you and your co-author dennis johnson as we observe the changing scene in american politics we came to believe the general problem could be addressed by concentrating on a particular institution the united states congress. why is that? >> well, if you want to see the problem with the uncompromised might set look no further than the congress, the 112 congress in washington. gridlock nothing gets passed. the least legislation in the last 50...
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kennedy, lyndon johnson, these were political figures who believed in what we would now call the male breadwinner families. that was still part of the liberal idea. that was challenged in the 60s particularly by feminism and the gay and lesbian rights movement. the model of the family is heterosexual. they said it was patriarchal. but it doesn't represent the full breadth of the american family and the way that americans actually live their lives. and that was a deep challenge to liberalism itself. it is one of the precipitating events and forces that create this crisis. it is not the only one, but it is a major one. an interesting example that i used in the book. one of the most critical hinges his arguments over subsidized childcare in the 1970s. here we see a battle between the forces on the liberal left and forces on the emergence of not yet powerful conservative rights. this happened in 1971. congress passed a comprehensive child development act that provided large subsidies for childcare in the united states. it was in response to a very strong grassroots local movement that was
kennedy, lyndon johnson, these were political figures who believed in what we would now call the male breadwinner families. that was still part of the liberal idea. that was challenged in the 60s particularly by feminism and the gay and lesbian rights movement. the model of the family is heterosexual. they said it was patriarchal. but it doesn't represent the full breadth of the american family and the way that americans actually live their lives. and that was a deep challenge to liberalism...
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samuel johnson famously said in seven to 76, why is it that first liberty are masters of slaves, but they themselves at large down in the british caribbean is the subject of perennial interest. i'm grateful for you talking about the main purpose of the discussions is indeed to have debate and i thought we had a really good dialogue today. thank you very much. >> thank you, andrew. thank you overcoming. [applause] >> here's a look at upcoming book fairs and festivals happening around the country. >> we are here with tim gay. andy ramey, homer figure it and how a boil. tim, why these five men during world war ii quick >> they made credible contribution that came after the war. if you think about it, all five of these guys made profound contribution to the journalism that really defined our childhood and adulthood. it's not just cronkite and not just bernie. of course became so noted for their work with cbs, that really defined the print journalism i i was first at the near caro tribune later york times. the plane who wrote a great column criticizing the price and assassinated the world
samuel johnson famously said in seven to 76, why is it that first liberty are masters of slaves, but they themselves at large down in the british caribbean is the subject of perennial interest. i'm grateful for you talking about the main purpose of the discussions is indeed to have debate and i thought we had a really good dialogue today. thank you very much. >> thank you, andrew. thank you overcoming. [applause] >> here's a look at upcoming book fairs and festivals happening around...
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i will go through every piece of information that johnson puts in this picture, but i'll summarize by saying if you pay attention to the telepath as well as the bottom half, what you will get his white cat sleeping in a better window and out the other is to blacks and women holding a light skinned child. there's a ladder from the bedroom window to the bedroom late at the big house and they both come out the other bedroom and is i said this and out without being seen. there's a rooster appear in the 19th century there were six roosters have a habit in the finding a purge of calling into the hands to spend the night with them. the hand is on top of the slave quarters. if you start adding up all of the ins and outs of look down here at the white girl entering the backyard, with the woman checking to see the coast is clear. she's been mistress with of the master's daughter or something. nobody is paying attention to her. nobody is like look who's here. is she a product of one of those liaisons? >> by jean c. associate director communications natural resource defense council is the author
i will go through every piece of information that johnson puts in this picture, but i'll summarize by saying if you pay attention to the telepath as well as the bottom half, what you will get his white cat sleeping in a better window and out the other is to blacks and women holding a light skinned child. there's a ladder from the bedroom window to the bedroom late at the big house and they both come out the other bedroom and is i said this and out without being seen. there's a rooster appear in...
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johnson, swanson, peterson and bergstrom and a few italians but that was pretty much it. it was an eye-opener for me but again, we were trained and i am so proud of what the army did. when you write a book, this was my first, the publisher has to say on what the title should be. i call the mississippi morning is when we woke up it was 6:00 in the morning and teargas had passed. the sun had come up and it looked like any other small town. it was also an awakening of a culture. the university of mississippi would never go back to its old days. the book is not about james meredith. so often book titles, subtitle carries a story and it is a soldier story. and army out of place, yes but again they did their job. i saw pieces of violence after that first morning but then we moved into a somewhat boredom, boredom to the point that even he himself, james meredith and eccentric character but a brave character, sort of chafed at being guarded as we regard him. now not moving him around from point to point as we were advised by john dower, my iconic civil rights hero in the civil ri
johnson, swanson, peterson and bergstrom and a few italians but that was pretty much it. it was an eye-opener for me but again, we were trained and i am so proud of what the army did. when you write a book, this was my first, the publisher has to say on what the title should be. i call the mississippi morning is when we woke up it was 6:00 in the morning and teargas had passed. the sun had come up and it looked like any other small town. it was also an awakening of a culture. the university of...
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eisenhower in franklin roosevelt the worst dog in history john kennedy followed closely with lyndon johnson. this may have to be stretched out three or four. [laughter] perhaps a series will send my kid to college. >> doing your research had discovered similar stories about the private lives of the justices of the supreme court? are they above reproach? >> what you find is throughout history the drama , the plot, the actors change. presidents were struggling with issues of privacy. john quincy adams' wife the only one to be born abroad was a very private woman and they fought to a lot. she blamed her husband for problems with the children one of the kids may have committed suicide and she blamed him. supreme court justice wrestled with great decisions. joy do what is right or popular? sometimes they did or not. plessey verses ferguson also like citizens united. members of congress, conflicts of interest. lobbyist. the new spielberg movie link and it is spot on accurate shows lincoln bribing an unsavory members of congress to get votes but he was willing to twist arms and do business to get
eisenhower in franklin roosevelt the worst dog in history john kennedy followed closely with lyndon johnson. this may have to be stretched out three or four. [laughter] perhaps a series will send my kid to college. >> doing your research had discovered similar stories about the private lives of the justices of the supreme court? are they above reproach? >> what you find is throughout history the drama , the plot, the actors change. presidents were struggling with issues of privacy....
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this is johnson of the "national review" in the university and so there are groups like the middle east research institute that translates materials in the middle east to lead a group that lets you know what is being said what is on television, what the serbians are, what school curricula are, what entertainment television shows or and they are shining a light on the middle east. and we don't have to rely now on just a few sources or just a few outlets. there are plenty of people who've been struck by curiosity about the middle east. it's all because of necessity. we didn't ask for it. it used to be open to very few people that knew about the middle east and knew the various groups. who later gave a thought to the kurds? who clacks but we used to know a lot about south africa. now that knowledge has faded and mother are semi experts on the middle east. >> the first answer to your question stop reading the new york times. [laughter] which much more than it used to. >> there is a sort of classic effort to see what is important and what is on important with accordance with the ideological
this is johnson of the "national review" in the university and so there are groups like the middle east research institute that translates materials in the middle east to lead a group that lets you know what is being said what is on television, what the serbians are, what school curricula are, what entertainment television shows or and they are shining a light on the middle east. and we don't have to rely now on just a few sources or just a few outlets. there are plenty of people...
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we were in the caucus the other day, and our leader reported that during the time that lyndon johnson was the majority leader, which was a very active and disputacous time in the senate, he faced one filibuster and leader reid said he faced 91, i think he used. the senator from wyoming correctly points out that filling the tree is a challenge to the minority, but i believe, if i recall correctly -- i was planning to speak on something else, so i don't have the numbers exactly accurate at hand. i believe the number of times the tree has been filled is something like 70. there's a huge disparity between the number of times the majority leader has filled the tree and the number of times he's been forced to file cloture. and the reason is very often there is not agreement on amendments. and while on a major bill, an open amendment process is a good thing, i believe, and we've seen examples of that recently on this floor -- senator mccain and his work on the armed services bill along with senator levin was an example. there are also times when filibuster by amendment takes place, and it be
we were in the caucus the other day, and our leader reported that during the time that lyndon johnson was the majority leader, which was a very active and disputacous time in the senate, he faced one filibuster and leader reid said he faced 91, i think he used. the senator from wyoming correctly points out that filling the tree is a challenge to the minority, but i believe, if i recall correctly -- i was planning to speak on something else, so i don't have the numbers exactly accurate at hand....
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reference to this enduring struggle, i think, would be like writing about truman, eisenhower, kennedy, johnson, nixon, ford, carter, reagan and not mentioning the soviet union. before in policy with that significant and domestic ramifications were that significant. jefferson was terrified that the british were coming back. the good thing about this argument is they did. so you win the argument. the war of 1812 happened. we had to have a ratifying conflict with jefferson always suspected and i think was in some way the inevitable result of the likely victory we won in the first place, this odd coastal republic that managed to defeat the world's greatest empire. jefferson wanted us to see him as -- to see himself as a defender and parent of this revolution in the sense of the great thinker, the great articulator of the principles of republican liberty and he was that. he was an awfully good vote-getter and deal getter and that is okay because as jefferson himself said, it is best to give as well as take in a system like ours and without mutual concessions the republic itself with cracked and cru
reference to this enduring struggle, i think, would be like writing about truman, eisenhower, kennedy, johnson, nixon, ford, carter, reagan and not mentioning the soviet union. before in policy with that significant and domestic ramifications were that significant. jefferson was terrified that the british were coming back. the good thing about this argument is they did. so you win the argument. the war of 1812 happened. we had to have a ratifying conflict with jefferson always suspected and i...
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one called challenge and harass when the johnson administration use -- to use to political enemies. one of the people interviewed here, i interviewed mark fowler, he was reagan's fcc chairman who helped dismantle the fairness doctrine. once you that revelation out of the way it allowed people like rush limbaugh to get a foothold in and that led to a real explosion of conservative and partisan ism on both sides. most on the conservative side. >> that was going to be my follow-up question in regards to 1922 today, the predominant voices, was there a pattern? spent interesting enough, one of the things i write about in this book is how during the new deal you had the major metropolitan daily leaning to the right. they were very anti-fdr. most underrated and broadcast to, talk radio were very pro-new deal, very pro-fdr. we kind of have the opposite today. but yeah, it's come it became sort of a domain for the rights and the late '80s with rush limbaugh. he got his national show in 1980. and then it grew from there. during the clinton administration proud one of the best things happen fo
one called challenge and harass when the johnson administration use -- to use to political enemies. one of the people interviewed here, i interviewed mark fowler, he was reagan's fcc chairman who helped dismantle the fairness doctrine. once you that revelation out of the way it allowed people like rush limbaugh to get a foothold in and that led to a real explosion of conservative and partisan ism on both sides. most on the conservative side. >> that was going to be my follow-up question...
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a briefcase came in from the white house from president johnson full of papers. region have a diplomatic couriers in the. is it you go. we drove to the night. i said the back from one to kept chipping the rest. i get down there in the morning in the one was there except helicopters flying over all of the cows and goats going completely out of the mind. they're running around like crazy, just berserk for fear of the helicopters. the people stand around not knowing what to do it themselves . where is the american ambassador? oprah's he is down the coast. on the beach, and that is where the ambassador was supposed to be. so i said, let's go down there. we went. and just as i got there, just as i got there the ambassador came striding out of the hotel wearing nothing but a bathing suit and a bathing cap. and i tried to stop the ambassador. somehow give him the briefcase. i did not know the combination. it did give me the combination. the head of security was down there. did you relieved me of the briefcase. i said, what's going on. the investor is going to walk into
a briefcase came in from the white house from president johnson full of papers. region have a diplomatic couriers in the. is it you go. we drove to the night. i said the back from one to kept chipping the rest. i get down there in the morning in the one was there except helicopters flying over all of the cows and goats going completely out of the mind. they're running around like crazy, just berserk for fear of the helicopters. the people stand around not knowing what to do it themselves ....
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one called challenge and harass, the johnson targeted political enemies. one of the people i interview in here, mark faller. reagan's ftc chairman who helped dismantle the fairness doctrine. once you had that regulation out of the way it i allowed people like rush limbaugh to get a foothold in and that led to an explosion of consecutive and partisan voices on both sides, mostly on the conservative side. >> host: that was my followup question in regards to from 1920 to today. the predominant-for- -- was there a pattern, left, right, left? >> guest: well, interestingly enough of. one of the things i write about is during the new deal you had the major metropolitan dailies leaping the right. very antifdr, and most of the radio and broadcasting voices were very pro new deal, very pro fdr. kind of have the opposite today. and -- it became sort of a domain for the right, and the late 80s, with rush limbaugh, got his national show in 1988, and then drew from there during the clinton administration, that is one of the best things that happened for talk radio in th
one called challenge and harass, the johnson targeted political enemies. one of the people i interview in here, mark faller. reagan's ftc chairman who helped dismantle the fairness doctrine. once you had that regulation out of the way it i allowed people like rush limbaugh to get a foothold in and that led to an explosion of consecutive and partisan voices on both sides, mostly on the conservative side. >> host: that was my followup question in regards to from 1920 to today. the...
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by the way, this is ilion johnson of national review until university. the research institute that translates materials from the middle east. a group that being said there. the shining a light. we don't have to rely now on just a few sources. some journalists have devoted his life to finding out about the middle east. it's all about necessity. we did not support. very few people knew about the middle east. whoever gave a thought to kurds, for example. who. but this is -- as i said, we used to know a heck of a lot about south africa. now that knowledge has faded. and now we are experts or semi experts on the middle east and about what region next. he knows. >> i think, you know, what you're saying, the intimation. the first answer to your question is stop reading the new york times. [laughter] much more than it used 210 or even -- >> my commentary. >> there is a sort of classic effort to say what is important and what is unimportant in accordance with an ideological schemes. you know, i don't think there's an answer to this, and it's very hard to get peop
by the way, this is ilion johnson of national review until university. the research institute that translates materials from the middle east. a group that being said there. the shining a light. we don't have to rely now on just a few sources. some journalists have devoted his life to finding out about the middle east. it's all about necessity. we did not support. very few people knew about the middle east. whoever gave a thought to kurds, for example. who. but this is -- as i said, we used to...
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eisenhower, franklin roosevelt, probably the worst dog in history, john kennedy, followed closely by lyndon johnson, there's ample opportunity. i may have to stretch the to e three or four. [laughter] perhaps the series will send my kids to college. so thanks for that. yes. >> during your historical research, have you discovered similar stories about the private lives of justices of the supreme court, or are they just above reproach? >> yeah, okay. the question about the private lives of justices of the supreme court and other politicians. like i said, the more things change. what you find is throughout history the drama, the plot stays the same in this great production of history, the actors change. early presidents were struggling with issues of privacy. for example, john quip si adams' wife, she was a very private woman, and they had a poor marriage. they fought a lot. and she kind of blamed her husband for some problems the children had. one of the kids may have committed suicide or may have been drunk and fallen off a boat and drowned, we're not sure. so she blamed him and was angry about that
eisenhower, franklin roosevelt, probably the worst dog in history, john kennedy, followed closely by lyndon johnson, there's ample opportunity. i may have to stretch the to e three or four. [laughter] perhaps the series will send my kids to college. so thanks for that. yes. >> during your historical research, have you discovered similar stories about the private lives of justices of the supreme court, or are they just above reproach? >> yeah, okay. the question about the private...
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if you agree on -- it seems to be the one area where in his conversation he is acutely aware -- like johnson was later -- that there's out so they now political gain in this at all. >> right. and yet he is doing it anyway. he did the right thing. >> he took his time and we've had discussions right here in this room about decisions about civil rights in the campaign in 1960 or early in the administration, and then it starts to move. >> set up the first paper to your question. you have a presidency at the center. and famously he didn't have a chief of staff. he didn't have -- he wanted to have information flow directly to him. you here that indicates. >> so, like, here we go. we have one, two, three, four, five, six takes. one of which is almost fall down funny. the first was recorded by common consent of the participants. it's all little dinner, just 30 days after he declared his candidacy in the caucus room of the united states senate. and its kennedy, mrs. kennedy, then bradley and his wife, whom would all call tony, and bradley who was washington bureau chief of "newsweek" at the time righ
if you agree on -- it seems to be the one area where in his conversation he is acutely aware -- like johnson was later -- that there's out so they now political gain in this at all. >> right. and yet he is doing it anyway. he did the right thing. >> he took his time and we've had discussions right here in this room about decisions about civil rights in the campaign in 1960 or early in the administration, and then it starts to move. >> set up the first paper to your question....
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the johnson administration used the fairness doctrine to target some political enemies, one of the people i interviewed in year in addition to a number of us, mark fowler, the reagan chairman who helped dismantle the fairness doctrine. once you have that regulation of the way it allowed people like rush limbaugh to get a foothold in. that led to a real explosion of conservative, unleash. >> that was going to be my follow-up question. from 1920 to today, the predominant voices, was there a pattern? left right left? >> interesting enough, one of the things i write about in this book is out during the new deal you have a major metropolitan daily to the right.
the johnson administration used the fairness doctrine to target some political enemies, one of the people i interviewed in year in addition to a number of us, mark fowler, the reagan chairman who helped dismantle the fairness doctrine. once you have that regulation of the way it allowed people like rush limbaugh to get a foothold in. that led to a real explosion of conservative, unleash. >> that was going to be my follow-up question. from 1920 to today, the predominant voices, was there a...
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another source that is a former cia agent named larry johnson who told me that you know the cia could learn an awful lot from karl rove and the way he has deniability and all these operations he does. he is both very very visible. he has something like a 70% name recognition united states. that is up there with justin bieber. but we don't really know what he does. most people don't and when you go back over his history and look at the things that are starting to unfold in the election, he has deniability one level after another. to me, the story became interesting in a way because i think most people thought karl rove was finished in 2008, when the bush presidency started to come to an end. he had been forced out of the white house in 2007. he was the prime target in the two biggest scandals of the bush era, the valerie plame affair and the united states attorney scandal. bush left the white house with a 22% approval rating, the lowest in the history of united states and even top republican strategist like ed rollins said that his brand was tainted forever, no one would ever would wan
another source that is a former cia agent named larry johnson who told me that you know the cia could learn an awful lot from karl rove and the way he has deniability and all these operations he does. he is both very very visible. he has something like a 70% name recognition united states. that is up there with justin bieber. but we don't really know what he does. most people don't and when you go back over his history and look at the things that are starting to unfold in the election, he has...
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the notable liberal politicians of that earlier era, someone like franklin roosevelt, kennedy, lyndon johnson, these were political figures who believed in what we now would call the traditional family. they believed in a male breadwinner family, largely the male -- largely the male responsible for supporting the family economically and so on. that was really still part of the liberal idea, and that idea was challenged in the 60s, particularly by feminism and by the gay and lesbian rights movement, but, also, in an interesting way by the civil rights black power movement who essentially said that model of the family is heterosexual, patriot call, white, and so on. it doesn't represent the full bredth of american families and the way americans lived their lives, and that was a deep challenge to liberalism itself, and it's one of the per sip at a timing events or precipitating forces that creates this crisis in liberalism in the 1960s, it's not, by any means, the only one, but it's a major one. one of the most interesting examples that i used in the book, and i think one of the most critical hi
the notable liberal politicians of that earlier era, someone like franklin roosevelt, kennedy, lyndon johnson, these were political figures who believed in what we now would call the traditional family. they believed in a male breadwinner family, largely the male -- largely the male responsible for supporting the family economically and so on. that was really still part of the liberal idea, and that idea was challenged in the 60s, particularly by feminism and by the gay and lesbian rights...
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the best day to be a planar and america was july 9, 2004, when johnson, from ken lawrence frank came out with a book called urban sprawl and public health. but the book did this person technical epidemiological meet on the sociological bones we've been arguing about. here's why cities can save us. by far, the greatest aspect of the epidemic river health challenges is the obesity epidemic. not that obesity itself is the problem, that illnesses the city of these two. diabetes now consumes 2% of our gross national product. a child born after to test and has a one in three chance in america of becoming a diabetic. now look at the first generation of american going to live shorter lives than their parents. that's not a huge surprise to you. we've all been talking about the wonders of the point where they started in the 40-ounce service people are drinking. only recently has the argument -- have cities and then comparing diet and physical inactivity. one was called gluttony versus slot. another doctor at the mayo clinic for patients in electronic underwear and measured every motion chemist
the best day to be a planar and america was july 9, 2004, when johnson, from ken lawrence frank came out with a book called urban sprawl and public health. but the book did this person technical epidemiological meet on the sociological bones we've been arguing about. here's why cities can save us. by far, the greatest aspect of the epidemic river health challenges is the obesity epidemic. not that obesity itself is the problem, that illnesses the city of these two. diabetes now consumes 2% of...